Fisheries — dictionary. Aardward. 2004.
annual total mortality rate — the number of fish which die during a year divided by the initial number. Also called actual mortality rate, coefficient of mortality. Abbreviated as A … Dictionary of ichthyology
seasonal total mortality rate — the number of fish which die during a season from causes other than fishing divided by the initial number (Ricker, 1975). Also called annual mortality rate, annual natural mortality rate, conditional natural mortality rate, seasonal natural… … Dictionary of ichthyology
mortality rate — 1) the rate at which the numbers in a population decrease with time due to various causes. The proportion of the total stock (in numbers) dying each year is the annual mortality rate. To facilitate calculations, mortality is expressed as an… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Mortality rate — Crude death rate by country Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of… … Wikipedia
Total fertility rate — Not to be confused with birth rate. A world map showing countries by fertility rate, 2005 2010 … Wikipedia
rate — The cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the… … Financial and business terms
Human mortality from H5N1 — or the human fatality ratio from H5N1 or the case fatality rate of H5N1 refer to the ratio of the number of confirmed human deaths resulting from confirmed cases of transmission and infection of H5N1 to the number of those confirmed cases. For… … Wikipedia
List of countries by suicide rate — Deaths for self inflicted injuries per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.[1] … Wikipedia
Perinatal mortality — Classification and external resources Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates: United States, 1940 2005 DiseasesDB … Wikipedia
A — abbreviation for acre (4046.9 m2, 0.405 ha, 43,560 ft2, 4840 yd2, 0.00156 mi2) abbreviation for anal fin (rays) annual total mortality rate (the number of fish which die during a year divided by the initial number. Also called actual mortality… … Dictionary of ichthyology
